[Album of 96 Portraits of Artists in Their Studios in 2 Volumes]

Artist:

Unknown (French)

Date:

1880s–90s

Medium:

Albumen silver prints

Classification:

Albums

Credit Line:

David Hunter McAlpin Fund, 1964

Accession Number:

64.622

Not on view

Taken from an album documenting the studios of eminent-and not so eminent-French artists, this image offers a view of the encrusted, cluttered environment in which academic artists of the nineteenth century worked. Their studios were points of departure for many psychological destinations, self-adulation included.

Signatures, Inscriptions, and Markings

Inscription: Rear endpaper of each volume inscribed in ink with the identification of the subject of each plate. Label affixed rear endpaper of each volume "Apex Album/ Patent Pending// Manufactured and Sold By// The Hunn Specialty Co.// Milwaukee, Wis."